Love so pure and good. Flow into our pain-filled souls. Finally serene!
God’s Love Flows Like a River: RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge
Mountaintop Walking: Weekend Writing Prompt
I feel vulnerable at times, Too scared to take risks. But your love, Lord, empowers me, So I walk on mountaintops. Written for the Weekend Writing Prompt from Sammi Cox at Sammiscribbles: Vulnerable in exactly 21 words.
Somebodiness: You are Somebody!
A few days ago, on an interview with a prominent black preacher, I heard him speak of a sense of somebodiness needed among young black males. He talked about the harm that is done to them and others around them because they lack a sense of their somebodiness. Somebodiness is the belief that one is... Continue Reading →
A Secret Place: Psalm Wednesday
As a child moving from home to home, I never found a secret place, somewhere I could be alone and name aloud the things that hurt me. Then, I was saved, and I learned that I could make my bed a secret place as I talked to God, and no one could hear me but... Continue Reading →
A Thing of Rare Beauty: Same, Same, But Different Challenge
Knowing that I was loved by a compassionate God made me feel like a caterpillar wrapped in a cocoon of love as I developed into the woman of God that I was born to become. Like a caterpillar in an inhospitable environment, sometimes, I, too, have had to wrap myself in an orb to protect... Continue Reading →
Overcoming the Violence of Hate
In 1997, I visited Europe for the first time, as part of a guided tour that covered eight countries in thirteen days. One place we visited was the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. I had never seen a concentration camp before. It was so painful to see and learn of the atrocities perpetrated there, to... Continue Reading →
Nature’s Reflection: A Double Blessing
As I stood looking at the nature's reflection in the waters, it seemed as though there were two of everything to see, and my eyes were not big enough to capture it all. It was as if God had placed the mountains and trees in two places, above me and underneath me, so that I... Continue Reading →
When Life Seems Pointless, Hold On
There were times in the past when life seemed pointless. It was in those times of tremendous pain and grief that I learned how to hold on, sometimes by the thinnest thread, to life. I believe that looking back sometimes helps us appreciate just how fierce we really are. I have been thinking about the... Continue Reading →
Keeping Our Faith in the Midst of a Crisis: Psalm Wednesday
One of the most important aspects of faith in God is knowing the extent of our faith, meaning what is it that we really believe that God can do in our lives and in the lives of others. Often the extent of our faith is based on testimonies of what God has done for others... Continue Reading →
